Second Baptist pastor Ed Young calls for Democrats to be voted out during sermon

A leading Houston pastor is facing criticism this week for a call to action that many regard as political campaigning from the pulpit.

During Dr. Ed Young's sermon to Second Baptist Church in Houston Sunday, the prominent preacher called on congregants to vote out elected officials who he considers at fault for the city's crime. The pastor argued that "delayed justice," including bail bonds, is to blame for the rising rates and is what occurs when "you put left-wing progressives in office."

"If Houston and Harris County is to survive, we had better throw those bums out of office." said Young, who's served as lead pastor at Second Baptist Church since 1978. "They are not doing their job that we have called them to."

Under Young's leadership, the church has built two locations in Houston and established campuses in Pearland, Kingwood, Cypress and Fulshear, together boasting a congregation of 80,000 as of 2019. The beginning of Young's Sunday sermon was spent outlining crime statistics in Houston, including murders and robberies, that have occurred from January 2022 to August 2022.

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